1. The Romantic Period (1785-1830) pp. 1-22 Handouts: The Romantic Revolt Neoclassic Literature/Romantic Literature Romantic Themes in Literature
2. William Blake - Introduction pp. 76-78 “Introduction” p. 81 “The Lamb” p. 83 “The Chimney Sweeper” p.85 “Holy Thursday” p. 86 “Nurse’s Song” p. 86 “Holy Thursday” p. 90 “The Chimney Sweeper” p. 90 “Nurse’s Song” p. 90 “The Tyger” p. 92 Handout: Chimney Sweepers
3. Robert Burns - Introduction pp. 129-131 “To a Mouse” p. 135-136 (A reading can be found on youtube at this link "To A Mouse") “To a Louse” p. 136-137 (This site has translations of specific words at the end of the poem To a Louse) “Auld Lang Syne” p. 137-138
4. Mary Wollstonecraft - Introduction pp. 167-170 Make sure you read the handout!!! Mary Wollstonecraft is considered to be the first feminist. However, while she wanted women to be educated she stopped short of demanding equal treatment as men in all areas. Those ideas came much later. However, this essay is important as it laid the groundwork in this area. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Introduction p. 170-174 Handout: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Exam I
Part 2
5. William Wordsworth - Introduction pp. 243-245 See Ms. Mullinax's section for information on Wordsworth and Coleridge. “We Are Seven” p. 248-249 “Expostulation and Reply” p. 250-251 Preface to Lyrical Ballads pp. 262-263 The Subject and Language of Poetry pp. 263-269 “I wandered lonely as a cloud” p. 305-306 “My heart leaps up” p. 306 6. Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Introduction pp. 424-426 “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” pp. 430-446 http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL872A8E6558A6AD71 Special Thanks to Lucas for this.
“Kubla Khan” pp. 446-448
7. Jane Austen—Handout: Sense & Sensibility View Movie
Exam II
Part 3
8. George Gordon, Lord Byron - Introduction pp. 607-611 “Written after Swimming from Sestos to Abydos” pp. 611-612 See Ms. Mullinax's page for information. “She walks in beauty” pp. 612-613 “They say that Hope is happiness” p. 613 “When we two parted” p. 613-614 Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage p. 617 From Canto 1 “Sin’s Long Labyrinth” p. 617-619 From Canto 3 “Once More Upon the Waters” pp. 619-622 Handout: Characteristics of the Byronic Hero
9. Percy Bysshe Shelley - Introduction pp. 741-744 “Mutability” p. 744 “Ozymandias” p. 768 See Ms. Mullinax's page. “Adonais” pp. 822-823 (Stanzas 1-8) “To Night” p. 819 “To ----- [Music, when soft voices die]” p. 820
10. John Keats - Introduction pp. 878-880 “On Seeing the Elgin Marbles” p. 883 “When I have fears that I may cease to be” p. 888 “La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad” pp. 899-900 “Ode to a Nightingale” pp. 903-905 “Ode on Melancholy” pp. 907-908 “The Eve of St. Agnes” pp. 888-898
Exam III
Part 4
11. The Victorian Age (1830-1901) pp. 979-999 or Handouts Handouts: The Victorian Period The Victorian Novel
12. Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Introduction pp. 1077-1079 #21 (“Say over again, and yet once over again”) p. 1084 #22 (“When our two souls stand up erect and strong”) p. 1084 #32 (“The first time that the sun rose on thine oath”) pp. 1084-1085 #43 (“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”) p. 1085
13. Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Introduction pp. 1109-1112 “The Lady of Shalott” pp. 1114-1118 From “In Memoriam A. H. H.” pp. 1138-1143 “Crossing the Bar” pp. 1211-1212
14. Robert Browning - Introduction pp. 1248-1252 “Porphyria’s Lover” pp. 1252-1253 “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” pp. 1253-1255 “My Last Duchess” pp. 1255-1256
15. Lewis Carroll - Introduction pp. 1529-1530 “Jabberwocky” p. 1530 “Humpty Dumpty’s Explication of ‘Jabberwocky’” pp. 1530-1531 “The White Knight’s Song” pp. 1532-1533
Exam IV
Part 5
16. The Twentieth Century (a portion) Read p.1827 through the bottom of p.1834
17. Thomas Hardy - Introduction pp. 1851-1852 “The Ruined Maid” p. 1872 “The Convergence of the Twain” pp. 1878-1879 “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?” pp. 1879-1880 “The Workbox” pp. 1882-1883
18. A. E. Housman - Introduction p. 1948 “Lovelist of Trees” pp. 1948-1949 “When I Was One-and-Twenty” p. 1949 “To an Athlete Dying Young” pp. 1949-1950 “Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff” pp. 1950-1952 Handout: “From Poison to Plague” by Stephanie Pain
19. William Butler Yeats - Introduction pp. 2019-2022 “Down by the Salley Gardens” p. 2024 “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” p. 2025 “When You Are Old” p. 2026
English 2323: British Literature
Note: This list is subject to change.
Part I
1. The Romantic Period (1785-1830) pp. 1-22
Handouts: The Romantic Revolt
Neoclassic Literature/Romantic Literature
Romantic Themes in Literature
2. William Blake - Introduction pp. 76-78
“Introduction” p. 81
“The Lamb” p. 83
“The Chimney Sweeper” p.85
“Holy Thursday” p. 86
“Nurse’s Song” p. 86
“Holy Thursday” p. 90
“The Chimney Sweeper” p. 90
“Nurse’s Song” p. 90
“The Tyger” p. 92
Handout: Chimney Sweepers
3. Robert Burns - Introduction pp. 129-131
“To a Mouse” p. 135-136 (A reading can be found on youtube at this link "To A Mouse")
“To a Louse” p. 136-137 (This site has translations of specific words at the end of the poem To a Louse)
“Auld Lang Syne” p. 137-138
4. Mary Wollstonecraft - Introduction pp. 167-170 Make sure you read the handout!!! Mary Wollstonecraft is considered to be the first feminist. However, while she wanted women to be educated she stopped short of demanding equal treatment as men in all areas. Those ideas came much later. However, this essay is important as it laid the groundwork in this area.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Introduction p. 170-174
Handout: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Exam I
Part 2
5. William Wordsworth - Introduction pp. 243-245 See Ms. Mullinax's section for information on Wordsworth and Coleridge.
“We Are Seven” p. 248-249
“Expostulation and Reply” p. 250-251
Preface to Lyrical Ballads pp. 262-263
The Subject and Language of Poetry pp. 263-269
“I wandered lonely as a cloud” p. 305-306
“My heart leaps up” p. 306
6. Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Introduction pp. 424-426
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” pp. 430-446
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL872A8E6558A6AD71 Special Thanks to Lucas for this.
“Kubla Khan” pp. 446-448
7. Jane Austen—Handout: Sense & Sensibility
View Movie
Exam II
Part 3
8. George Gordon, Lord Byron - Introduction pp. 607-611
“Written after Swimming from Sestos to Abydos” pp. 611-612 See Ms. Mullinax's page for information.
“She walks in beauty” pp. 612-613
“They say that Hope is happiness” p. 613
“When we two parted” p. 613-614
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage p. 617
From Canto 1 “Sin’s Long Labyrinth” p. 617-619
From Canto 3 “Once More Upon the Waters” pp. 619-622
Handout: Characteristics of the Byronic Hero
9. Percy Bysshe Shelley - Introduction pp. 741-744
“Mutability” p. 744
“Ozymandias” p. 768 See Ms. Mullinax's page.
“Adonais” pp. 822-823 (Stanzas 1-8)
“To Night” p. 819
“To ----- [Music, when soft voices die]” p. 820
10. John Keats - Introduction pp. 878-880
“On Seeing the Elgin Marbles” p. 883
“When I have fears that I may cease to be” p. 888
“La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad” pp. 899-900
“Ode to a Nightingale” pp. 903-905
“Ode on Melancholy” pp. 907-908
“The Eve of St. Agnes” pp. 888-898
Exam III
Part 4
11. The Victorian Age (1830-1901) pp. 979-999 or Handouts
Handouts: The Victorian Period
The Victorian Novel
12. Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Introduction pp. 1077-1079
#21 (“Say over again, and yet once over again”) p. 1084
#22 (“When our two souls stand up erect and strong”) p. 1084
#32 (“The first time that the sun rose on thine oath”) pp. 1084-1085
#43 (“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways”) p. 1085
13. Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Introduction pp. 1109-1112
“The Lady of Shalott” pp. 1114-1118
From “In Memoriam A. H. H.” pp. 1138-1143
“Crossing the Bar” pp. 1211-1212
14. Robert Browning - Introduction pp. 1248-1252
“Porphyria’s Lover” pp. 1252-1253
“Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” pp. 1253-1255
“My Last Duchess” pp. 1255-1256
15. Lewis Carroll - Introduction pp. 1529-1530
“Jabberwocky” p. 1530
“Humpty Dumpty’s Explication of ‘Jabberwocky’” pp. 1530-1531
“The White Knight’s Song” pp. 1532-1533
Exam IV
Part 5
16. The Twentieth Century (a portion) Read p.1827 through the bottom of p.1834
17. Thomas Hardy - Introduction pp. 1851-1852
“The Ruined Maid” p. 1872
“The Convergence of the Twain” pp. 1878-1879
“Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?” pp. 1879-1880
“The Workbox” pp. 1882-1883
18. A. E. Housman - Introduction p. 1948
“Lovelist of Trees” pp. 1948-1949
“When I Was One-and-Twenty” p. 1949
“To an Athlete Dying Young” pp. 1949-1950
“Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff” pp. 1950-1952
Handout: “From Poison to Plague” by Stephanie Pain
19. William Butler Yeats - Introduction pp. 2019-2022
“Down by the Salley Gardens” p. 2024
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree” p. 2025
“When You Are Old” p. 2026
Final Exam